Dr. Drew’s Two Cents – Video Games

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In the inaugural episode of Dr. Drew’s Two Cents, Drewster Cogburn digs into the rich history of video games and takes us all on a journey from the 8-bit days of the at-home game consoles all the way through today’s advanced machinery which we take for granted.

Things discussed in this episode include:

Drewster Cogburn, along with co-host Chris Crespo, discuss their earliest video game memories and experiences.

Drew and Chris talk about the NES, as well as the Zapper, the Power Glove and the Power Pad, and also discuss their favorite 8-bit Nintendo games.

Drew and Chris talk about the 16-bit era of video game consoles.

Super Nintendo vs Sega Genesis.

There should be a Yoshii-Odie crossover of some sort.

Drew explains things like RPGs and the SCUMM System, and Chris talks about point and click computer games he played in the 90’s.

Drew talks about the new Walking Dead video games and the tough moral decisions the player must make throughout.

Chris talks about an insane computer game he read about called “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” (though he can’t remember the exact name of the game).

Drew and Chris talk about going to the arcade, which leads Drew to reveal the bright side of being a video-game addicted child of divorce.

Drew and Chris get into the 64-bit 5th generation of video game consoles.

Drew and Chris both played a lot of wrestling games in the late 1990’s, but neither of them got into the first Playstation.

The 6th generation of video game consoles = Xbox and Playstation 2: which was better?

Drew loves his Rock Star produced games.

The Suffering and Doom III were the only games to really scare Drew and Chris while playing them.

Drew brings up first-person shooters, and announces that Halo III is the pinnacle of FPS games.

Chris bemoans the lack of people playing Halo III online these days.

The 7th generation of video game consoles – Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and the initially intriguing but ultimately unappealing Wii.

Drew explains how people feel depressed after playing Last of Us on Playstation 3 for a few hours.

Drew is all about Assassin’s Creed IV.

Chris talks about the first Bioshock.

Drew breaks out the numbers and gets into the most successful video game consoles of all time, the most successful games, and the most successful video game franchises.